Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The slothful
General references
Bible References
The slothful
Proverbs 15:19
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
Proverbs 26:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Numbers 13:32
And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.
General references
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
Proverbs 26:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.